negotiator.boaframework.acceptanceconditions.other

Class AC_CombiProb

java.lang.Object

negotiator.boaframework.AcceptanceStrategy

negotiator.boaframework.acceptanceconditions.other.AC_CombiProb

public class AC_CombiProb
extends AcceptanceStrategy

This is the decoupled Acceptance Conditions Based on Tim Baarslag's paper on Acceptance Conditions: "Acceptance Conditions in Automated Negotiation" This Acceptance Condition accepts a bid if it is higher than any bid seen so far Decoupling Negotiating Agents to Explore the Space of Negotiation Strategies T. Baarslag, K. Hindriks, M. Hendrikx, A. Dirkzwager, C.M. Jonker

Author:

Alex Dirkzwager

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class negotiator.boaframework.AcceptanceStrategy

helper, negotiationSession, offeringStrategy

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AC_CombiProb() Empty constructor for the BOA framework.
AC_CombiProb(NegotiationSession negoSession, OfferingStrategy strat, double t)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Actions	determineAcceptability() Determines to either to either accept or reject the opponent's bid or even quit the negotiation.
void	init(NegotiationSession negoSession, OfferingStrategy strat, java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double> parameters) Standard initialize method to be called after using the empty constructor.
java.lang.String	printParameters()

Methods inherited from class negotiator.boaframework.AcceptanceStrategy

isMAC, setOpponentUtilitySpace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AC_CombiProb

public AC_CombiProb()

Empty constructor for the BOA framework.

AC_CombiProb

public AC_CombiProb(NegotiationSession negoSession,
            OfferingStrategy strat,
            double t)

Method Detail

init

public void init(NegotiationSession negoSession,
        OfferingStrategy strat,
        java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double> parameters)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from class: AcceptanceStrategy

Standard initialize method to be called after using the empty constructor. Most of the time this method should be overridden for usage by the decoupled framework.

Overrides:

init in class AcceptanceStrategy

Parameters:

negoSession - state of the negotiation.

strat - of the agent.

parameters - of the acceptance strategy.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - thrown when initializing the acceptance strategy fails.

printParameters

public java.lang.String printParameters()

Overrides:

printParameters in class AcceptanceStrategy

Returns:

string representation of the parameters supplied to the model.

determineAcceptability

public Actions determineAcceptability()

Description copied from class: AcceptanceStrategy

Determines to either to either accept or reject the opponent's bid or even quit the negotiation.

Specified by:

determineAcceptability in class AcceptanceStrategy

Returns:

one of three possible actions: Actions.Accept, Actions.Reject, Actions.Break.